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Sorted Polygons

Sorted Polygons is a type of patterned ground formation distinguished by the arrangement of clasts into regular, geometric shapes with finer sediments centrally located and coarser materials forming the bordered segments, resulting from freeze-thaw cycles in periglacial environments.

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A Model for Sorted Patterned-Ground Regularity

Roderick J. Ray, William B. Krantz, T. N. Caine et al. · Journal of Glaciology · 1983 · 87 citations · Full text

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Root mechanical properties related to disturbed and stressed habitats in the Arctic

Sven Jonasson, Terry V. Callaghan · New Phytologist · 1992 · 76 citations · Full text

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An Apparent Frost Hummock-Sorted Polygon Cycle in the Alpine Tundra of Wyoming

W. D. Billings, Harold A. Mooney · Ecology · 1959 · 54 citations

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Desiccation Cracking and Sorted Polygon Development, Jotunheimen, Norway

Colin K. Ballantyne, John A. Matthews · Arctic and Alpine Research · 1983 · 52 citations

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Sorted Patterned Ground: New Appalachian Localities South of the Glacial Border

G. Michael Clark · Science · 1968 · 50 citations

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Authors

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  1. MK
    Marek Křížek

    Charles University, Czechia

    4 publications · 88 citations

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  2. TU
    Tomáš Uxa

    Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geophysics, Czechia

    3 publications · 54 citations

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  3. JK
    Johannes Krüger

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    2 publications · 24 citations

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  4. RJ
    Roderick J. Ray

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    2 publications · 113 citations

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  5. WB
    William B. Krantz

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    2 publications · 113 citations

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Institutions

19

  1. Charles University

    Prague, Czechia

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    269 citations

  2. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    90 citations

  3. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research

    Boulder, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    113 citations

  4. Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geophysics

    Prague, Czechia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    37 citations

  5. University of Wyoming

    Laramie, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    113 citations

  6. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    339 citations

  7. Geocenter Denmark

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  8. University of Ulster

    Coleraine, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

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  1. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

    3 publications · 77 citations

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  3. Journal of Glaciology

    2 publications · 113 citations

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  4. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  5. Ecology

    1 publications · 54 citations

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